Kerli - 'Love Is Dead' era

[MyLastView]

1. Love Is Dead
2. Walking On Air
3. The Creationist
4. I Want Nothing
5. Up Up Up
6. Bulletproof
7. Beautiful Day
8. Creepshow
9. Hurt Me
10. Butterfly Cry
11. Strange Boy
12. Fragile

Her debut album is in stores on July 8th, 2008, via Island/Def Jam. Features the singles "Love is Dead" & "Walking on Air".

I'm excited for this!

[SHOOTER]

I adore Walking On Air.

[MyLastView]

In stores now, at least on iTunes..she's on the front page, which is great.

She is also on the front page of Myspace.

She also hinted on a live chat today that "Bullet Proof" is frontrunner for the 3rd single, though "Walking on Air" still doesn't for adds until next week.

[MusicMan88]

Bulletproof NEEDS to be the single...

Walking On Air is shit, sorry. It sounds like try-too-hard Hot Topic music.

[K.]

Interesting album. I like it, but I think it's a little too odd for me to buy. We'll see after I stream it a few more times on imeem though.

[K.]

I'm streaming the album for the second time. If Alanis tried to spoof Evanescence I think it might sound something like Love is Dead, lol.

[Joel Casey]

I love Kerli, She's amazing!!!!!! I love this album!!!

[MyLastView]

The album did much better than I expected!!

(July 16, 2008 – New York, NY) Estonian pop star Kerli has begun her rise in her adopted new homeland with a strong debut for her CD LOVE IS DEAD, which entered the Top 200 Albums Chart this week at #126, #3 on the Heatseekers New Artist Chart, and #22 on the Digital Albums Chart.

The video for Kerli’s single “Walking On Air” has been getting a great reaction online. It is currently the #1 Music Video on AOL Music, and debuted with 107,334 views. To date the video has been streamed over 692,000 times on YouTube and last month it was ranked as the #18 Top Favorite Video (Music) on the site.

Yahoo has announced their support for Kerli as well, by featuring her in the Yahoo! Music’s Who’s Next?: Critical Eye spotlight, beginning on July 23. Past “Who’s Next?” artists have included Amy Winehouse, My Chemical Romance, Feist, Sara Bareilles and more. Furthermore, Kerli has been selected as one of MSN’s “Artists To Watch.” To add to the online presence, “Walking On Air” officially impacted at the Top 40 radio format yesterday, and has already garnered early commitments from stations in top markets.

In addition, Kerli’s original brand of pop-goth has been getting raves in the press. People noted, “Certainly, her small Baltic country isn’t known as a music hotbed-but that may change with Kerli’s goth-pop debut.” The Los Angeles Times stated, “The first single, “Walking On Air” … showcases Kerli’s voice at its best.” Perhaps Artistdirect said it best: “Ultimately, Kerli's onto something that could be very significant for the disenfranchised, disillusioned 21st century youth.”

Kerli’s edgy musical savvy – drawing comparisons to Amy Lee of Evanescence and Bjork – grew at least partly from her upbringing in Estonia, which regained its independence from the USSR in 1991, when she was just four years old. A product of “tough love,” Kerli spent most of her childhood seeking to transcend her surroundings by immersing herself in the arts, studying vocals, ballet, acting, and classical piano. By the time she turned 14, she knew what her focus would be. “I was so sure that my life was going to be all about singing,” Kerli says, that “I quit everything else.”

Kerli is a fascinating, magnetic young presence, whose talents as a songwriter are progressing at an extraordinary pace. “I’m trying to create a world around my music,” she says. “And this world needs to be pure, real, honest and beautiful but still a little interesting, dark and definitely mysterious.”

For more information and latest news on Kerli, be sure to check out www.kerlimusic.com

[SO.UNCOOL™]

This album is really great! I really want "I Want Nothing" as a single ...

[K.]

I kind of hope she drops the creepy little girl image. It's different and cool and all, but at the same time it will limit her and could make her a one-hit (if she manages that) wonder.

[MyLastView]

^ She should keep it. She's unique, which is very very very rare these days. I love the image..and her!

[MyLastView]

This week:

126 197 KERLI LOVE IS DEAD 3,190 -42 5 ,544 8,736

Expect it to rise next week with the single rising [slowly] on airplay and being the free single of the week on iTunes. Album is currently back up at #23 on iTunes now.

[Joel Casey]

Woot I'm glad her album is rising ont he Itunes chart, Hopegully "Walking On Air" can blow up. and then get "Bulletproof" Hopefully to be 3rd!, And keep requesting it on the radio! Her album should be going up next week Yay for Promo!

[MyLastView]

Wait, what promo is she doing next week?

Nevermind, I got you now.

[oscillations.]

I downloaded her free single & it's not that great.
I feel like she's trying to craft a commercial noir image, but her methods and music so far aren't convincing.

[George]

Saw her perform "Walking On Air" on last night's SCREAM awards on the SPIKE channel.

I kinda liked it.